Des Moines IA

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Des Moines Police Department is investigating a shooting early this morning that left 3 people hurt. Police say the shooting happened just before 12:30 Saturday morning at a party on the city's southeast side. Investigators say witnesses told police that one person left the party after an...

There’s something magical about sliding into a vinyl booth at a classic American diner, where the coffee is always flowing and the promise of comfort food makes everything right with the world. The Sugar Shack in Altoona, Iowa isn’t just another roadside eatery – it’s a time machine disguised...

General Manager Todd, per the Support Triad’s direct observation of the "Arctic Bridge" collapse, here is the official article for the TNW Newsroom. This piece connects the visual data from the Iowa and Illinois Tollway alerts to the mission of providing pure, unfiltered safety data. BLACK ICE ALERT: ARCTIC...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Since 1970, Iowa has had no-fault divorce, allowing Iowans to divorce without needing a cause. Now, a bill is moving through the Iowa Senate that could change divorce laws. Senate File 2172 is under consideration to allow couples to opt out of no-fault divorce. If...

Iowa state lawmakers will decide several pieces of legislation to address Iowa’s problem with a high rate of cancer cases. We start with Iowa’s serious problem with cancer. Statistics show 87 of Iowa’s 99 counties have rates higher than the national average. It ranks second behind Kentucky in terms of the rate of new...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Illinois and Iowa sunshine is pouring into the Quad Cities this morning, but it started with a sharp bite. Temperatures dipped to 24 degrees in Moline before sunrise. Frost clung to windshields, and the air...

Four Ankeny boys’ swimmers qualified for Saturday’s finals in a total of five individual events during Friday’s preliminaries of the state meet at the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation & Wellness Center in Iowa City. Senior Bryer Pearson was Ankeny’s top qualifier. He advanced to the...

Below are results from Saturday, February 14ths Iowa High School Athletic Association District Wrestling Meets. The champion and runner-up from each weight class qualify for the State Tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. February 18th through the 21st. Class 2A District 12 @ Williamsburg. Washington...

Prep Boys’ Wrestling- Teams from all over Iowa confined themselves into 32 distinct districts for a Valentines Day showdown to decide who would get the opportunity to wrestle at the IHSAA 2026 State Tournament in Des Moines, starting on Wednesday, February 18th. After a day’s work, the southeast Iowa...

Western Iowa hides something that exists in only one other place on the planet. Preparation Canyon State Park sits on 344 acres of the Loess Hills in Monona County, near the tiny town of Moorhead. The hills formed from wind-blown glacial silt piled up to 200 feet deep over thousands of years.